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December 2002  >  Sports  >  Coin Operated Machines

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Lot 1668: 1940’s Pitch ‘em & Catch ‘em Baseball Arcade Game

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $500.00
Winning Bid: $1,248.04
Price Realized: $1,491.41
Auction Date:12/31/2002 9:00 PM EST

Wooden machine with glass display on top half stands an impressive 71” tall (glass display measures 21x31”). Glass is decorated with “Pitch ‘em and Catch ‘em” and a scene of an infield which is painted on the inside of the glass. The painted scene is chipped and somewhat flaked from age, but intact. Inside of machine is wooden pegs sticking out to alter path of the ball, which is dropped from the top. Operated by a round knob on the front and a lever operated by a wooden button on the platform below the glass display in order for the player to catch the dropping ball. EX.

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